Two squads in the NL West — the San Diego Padres (69-53) and the Colorado Rockies (44-78) — meet on Friday at 8:40 p.m. ET, at Coors Field.
The Padres are a favorite (-180) against the Rockies (+152). The San Diego Padres will hand the ball to Matt Waldron (7-9, 4.00 ERA), who is looking for win No. 8 on the season, and the Rockies will turn to Cal Quantrill (7-8, 4.56 ERA).
The Padres won 8-2 over the Pirates Wednesday in their most recent game. Martin Perez was named the winning pitcher after throwing 5 1/3 innings, giving up one earned run on five hits while striking out eight, while Jake Cronenworth went 1-for-3 with a home run and three RBI to lead them offensively.
Wednesday, the Rockies fell to the Diamondbacks 11-4. Tanner Gordon was the losing pitcher after he went 2/3 of an inning, giving up three earned runs on three hits. Mike Toglia led the Rockies’ offense, going 2-for-4 with two doubles and an RBI.
Get ready for the Padres vs. Rockies with what you need to know before Friday’s baseball action, including viewing options.
San Diego Padres vs. Colorado Rockies odds and betting lines
MLB odds courtesy of BetMGM Sportsbook. Odds updated Thursday at 3:16 p.m. ET. For a full list of sports betting odds, access USA TODAY Sports Betting Scores Odds Hub.
Favorite: Padres (-180, bet $180 to win $100)
Underdog: Rockies (+152, bet $100 to win $152)
Over/under: 11
Padres vs. Rockies: Live streaming info & game time
Game Day: Friday, August 16, 2024
Game Time: 8:40 p.m. ET
Stadium: Coors Field
TV Channel: Padres
Live Stream: Fubo (Watch for free)
Padres stats and trends
Padres betting records
The Padres have entered the game as favorites 74 times this season and won 44, or 59.5%, of those games.
San Diego has a record of 10-7, a 58.8% win rate, when favored by -180 or more by sportsbooks this season.
The Padres have a 64.3% chance to win this game based on the implied probability of the moneyline.
San Diego and its opponents have gone over the total this season in 65 of 122 opportunities.
In 121 games with a spread this season, the Padres are 62-59-0 ATS.
Matt Waldron (Padres probable starter)
Waldron makes the start for the Padres, his 25th of the season. He is 7-9 with a 4.00 ERA and 121 strikeouts in 132 2/3 innings pitched.
The righty last appeared on Saturday against the Miami Marlins, when he tossed 4 1/3 innings, allowing five earned runs while giving up five hits.
In 24 games this season, the 27-year-old has an ERA of 4.00, with 8.2 strikeouts per nine innings. Opponents are hitting .233 against him.
Waldron enters this outing with 10 quality starts under his belt this year.
Waldron has 18 starts this season in which he pitched five or more innings.
He has held his opponents without an earned run in two of his 24 outings this season.
He meets a Rockies offense that ranks 16th in the league with 521 runs while batting .244 as a squad. It has a collective .401 slugging percentage (15th in MLB play) and has hit a total of 133 home runs (16th in MLB).
Head-to-head against the Rockies this season, Waldron has thrown 11 2/3 innings, giving up two earned runs on six hits while striking out 12.
The 27-year-old’s 4.00 ERA ranks 40th, 1.161 WHIP ranks 28th, and 8.2 K/9 ranks 33rd among qualifying pitchers this season.
Padres batting stats
The Padres’ 139 home runs rank 13th in Major League Baseball.
Hitters for San Diego have a combined .418 slugging percentage this season, which ranks eighth in MLB.
The Padres lead baseball with a .265 batting average.
San Diego has scored the seventh-most runs in the majors this season with 582.
The Padres are among the best in the league at getting on base, ranking seventh with an OBP of .325.
No team has fewer strikeouts this season than San Diego, whose batters have struck out only 6.6 times per game on average.
Rockies stats and trends
Rockies betting records
The Rockies have come away with 44 wins in the 122 contests they have been listed as the underdogs in this season.
This year, Colorado has won 19 of 60 games when listed as at least +152 or worse on the moneyline.
The moneyline set for this matchup implies the Rockies have a 39.7% chance of walking away with the win.
Contests with Colorado has gone over the total set by sportsbooks in 63 of 122 chances this season.
The Rockies are 60-61-0 against the spread in their 121 games with a line set by sportsbooks this season.
Cal Quantrill (Rockies probable starter)
The Rockies are sending Quantrill (7-8) out for his 24th start of the season. He is 7-8 with a 4.56 ERA and 92 strikeouts over 122 1/3 innings pitched.
His most recent appearance was on Sunday, Aug. 4 against the San Diego Padres, when the righty tossed 4 1/3 innings, surrendering three earned runs while allowing five hits.
The 29-year-old has a 4.56 ERA and 6.8 strikeouts per nine innings in 23 games this season, while giving up a batting average of .266 to opposing batters.
Quantrill has registered 12 quality starts this season.
Quantrill will try to secure his 19th matchup of five or more innings pitched this season. He’s averaging 5.3 innings per appearance.
He has made four appearances this season in which he did not give up an earned run.
He will face a Padres offense that ranks seventh in the league with 582 total runs scored while batting .265 as a squad. His opponent has a collective .418 slugging percentage (eighth in MLB action) and has hit a total of 139 home runs (13th in the league).
Head-to-head against the Padres this season, Quantrill has pitched 10 1/3 innings, giving up four earned runs on 11 hits while striking out seven.
This season, the 29-year-old ranks 54th in ERA (4.56), 57th in WHIP (1.406), and 55th in K/9 (6.8) among pitchers who qualify.
Rockies batting stats
The Rockies rank 16th in MLB action with 133 total home runs.
So far this year, Colorado is 15th in the majors, slugging .401.
The Rockies are 14th in MLB with a .244 batting average.
Colorado scores the 16th-most runs in baseball (521 total, 4.3 per game).
The Rockies are 21st in the majors with an on-base percentage of .306.
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